a perspective page is developed nicely to show the train status, I want to add this page to the report.
ideally, I want to generate a daily report, but I don't think ignition gateway is capable to render this page somewhere on the gateway and print it out as a jpg file.
So i am thinking about letting the operator clicking a button on this page, then a screenshot of the page can be generated using the following script:
self.parent.requestPrint("component", "ImageTitleHere")
but the problem is that this is to print to a client local printer.
Is there any way the screenshot can be saved as JPG, then save to gateway, so I can insert it to a report template?
Or better way is: whether ignition gateway can render a view and print it out directly on the gateway?
I don't think ignition gateway is capable to render this page somewhere on the gateway and print it out as a jpg file.
Correct. Perspective pages are rendered by a browser.
Or better way is: whether ignition gateway can render a view and print it out directly on the gateway?
I think you mean "print it out from the gateway" - and presumably to the local printer.
The right way to do this would be to create a report with the correct paper size, etc. Browser printouts can be too wide, etc., for a single page and it gets messy. However, it may be your simplest solution.
You don't mention whether you're using a web browser or the Perspective application. If you're using a browser there are many browser extensions that will give you a Print Screen button and I imagine that these could be configured to use a local printer and - if you find the right one - ensure that it scales to fit the page width.
https://www.google.com/search?q=chrome+extension+print+screen&oq=chrome+extension+print
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